Wagner lives : issues in autobiography / John Deathridge -- Meister Richard's apprenticeship : the early operas (1833-1840) / Thomas S. Grey -- To the Dresden barricades : the genesis of Wagner's political ideas / Mitchell Cohen -- The "Romantic operas" and the turn to myth / Stewart Spencer -- Der Ring des Nibelungen : conception and interpretation / Barry Millington -- Leitmotif, temporality, and musical design in the Ring / Thomas S. Grey -- Tristan und Isolde : essence and appearance / John Daverio -- Performing Germany in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Stephen McClatchie -- Parsifal : redemption and Kunstreligion / Glenn Stanley -- The urge to communicate : the prose writings as theory and practice / James Treadwell -- Critique as passion and polemic : Nietzsche and Wagner / Dieter Borchmeyer -- The Jewish question / Thomas S. Grey -- "Wagnerism" : responses to Wagner in music and the arts / Annegret Fauser -- Wagner and the Third Reich : myths and realities / Pamela M. Potter -- Wagner on stage : aesthetic, dramaturgical, and social considerations / Mike Ashman -- Criticism and analysis : current perspectives / Arnold Whittall.
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Richard Wagner is remembered as one of the most influential figures in music and theatre, but his place in history has been marked by a considerable amount of controversy. This volume serves as a reminder of his ongoing musical, cultural, and political impact.
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Wagner
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Wagner, Richard,1813-1883-- Criticism and interpretation.
Wagner, Richard,1813-1883-- Critique et interprétation.
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Wagner, Richard,(1813-1883)-- Critique et interprétation.